Thanks to Ara Rubyan of E Pluribus Unum for brining this to mind.
I found my theme song for tomorrow. When I go head to the polls, and after I’ve cast my vote, I’ll be listening to Patti Smith’s “People Have the Power.”
For the finale, the entire lineup emptied onto the stage and unleashed diesel-powered, 16-person versions of Nick Lowe’s “Peace, Love and Understanding” and Patti Smith’s modern-day call to arms, “People Have the Power.”
I was dreaming in my dreaming
of an aspect bright and fair
and my sleeping it was broken
but my dream it lingered near
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
that the people / have the power
to redeem / the work of fools
upon the meek / the graces shower
it’s decreed / the people ruleThe power to dream / to rule
to wrestle the world from fools…
To redeem the work of fools. Indeed.